size

• What depends on an organism's surface area?

  The rate of heat loss from an organism
• If an organism has a large volume what is its surface area like?


  relatively small . this makes it harder to lose heat from its body
• what is a small organisms relative surface area like?

  large
• What does this mean?

  Smaller organisms need a relatively high metabolic rate in order to GENERATE ENOUGH HEAT to STAY WARM